When the Danish Institute for Human Rights was established in 1987, the slogan read: We do research, we document, we inform. We still do this as main parts of our mandate. Now we also carry out extensive education programmes and campaigns and apply our human rights knowledge and experience in our many national and international projects. According to the mandate of DIHR, we are obliged to carry out independent research and advice parliament and government. We must carry out and promote human rights education as well as information about human rights to NGOs, researchers, public institutions and the interested public. Below you can find our hearing responses to law proposals as well as the books we publish, and you can read our reports and thematic pages. In short, DIHR is a knowledge-based institution.
Knowledge
Theme
DIHR develops thematic pages on important and relevant areas of human rights.
Status reports
Every year DIHR publishes a report on the status of the human rights situation in Denmark
Research
Working with rights demands an independent analysis and here research is essential to new acknowledgement and implementation in society.
Annual reports
Read about the many activities and results that DIHR is involved in nationally and internationally every year…
Human Rights from A to Z
Since 1948 the rights of every person has been on the international agenda. We provide an overview of the history of human rights, the challenges and the issues related to the rights of citizens and the obligations of the state.
Hearings
The Danish Institute for Human Rights prepares consultation responses to public authorities
Library
The library has the status of national documentation center for books, articles, and magazines regarding international studies and human rights…
Analyses
The Danish Institute for Human Rights publishers various subjecty-specific analyses on an ongoing basis.